The Municipality of Chatham-Kent has received $400K for exceeding last year's housing targets. There's been a recall on a replacement battery that fits in the Dyson V-6 vacuum, due to fire and burn hazards. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is in Kyiv, as the world marks two years since the start of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. A bowler from Chatham will be representing the area and the province at the Special Olympics National Winter Games.

A 33-year-old woman who was on strict orders to stay in Nova Scotia has been arrested in Chatham-Kent, a 17-year-old is facing an attempted murder charge after a stabbing in Leamington last night, and police in the Strathroy-area are investigating a sudden death at a long-term care home.

A fog advisory is in effect for Chatham-Kent and that has cancelled school buses in zone 7 this morning, hundreds of multi-gas alarms have been handed out to residents in Wheatley and even more will handed out next week, and the public health units in Chatham-Kent and Lambton County won't be merging after all.

We'll find out today if Nathaniel Veltman should be considered a terrorist in the eyes of the law, a former United Way of Chatham-Kent employee who was already accused of fraud in a civil court case is now facing criminal charges, too, and the Chatham-Kent Hospice Foundation is inviting everyone to lace up their shoes for the 8th annual Hike for Hospice.

A 58-year-old man who was already facing a long list of charges in Chatham-Kent is in trouble with the law again, the federal government is cutting back how much money it gives back to small businesses from carbon tax revenues so that it can hand more money over to rural families instead, and Canada's record immigration has had another ripple effect.

Morning News for Wednesday, February 21, 2024

A Wallaceburg resident is facing a handful of charges after a single-vehicle crash in Kingsville over the long weekend, the cost of living in Canada is inching close to where the Bank of Canada would like to see it sitting, and MPs are back in Ottawa today -- the same day that MPPs return to Queen's Park.

A 42-year-old man is facing weapons and drug charges after he allegedly broke into an apartment in Chatham and threatened the people inside, a busy stretch of road in Chatham will be closed this week for some railway upgrades, and a federal report on how to to improve conditions for migrants workers is expected to come out soon.